Improvement in dies for making horseshoes



G. BRYDEN. Dies for Making Horseshoes.

No. 206,859. Patented Aug. 13,1878.

N PETERS. PHOTD-LH'HOGRAFHER WASHINGTON n s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BRYDEN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN DIES FOR MAKING HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,859, dated August13, 1878; application filed August 16, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BRYDEN, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements pertaining to Dies for Making Horseshoes, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyin gdrawings, wl1ere Figure 1 is a face view of lower die. Fig. 2 is a faceview of upper die. Fig. 3 is a section of the closed dies on plane an00. Fig. 4 is a face view of the shoe. Fig. 5 is a view of the rear orupper side of the shoe. Fig. 6 is a section of the shoe in plane y y.

The shoe is mainly formed in the lower die, a, the bar of stock beingpreliminarily heated and bent to shoe shape. The main peculiarity of thedies is the means for forming sockets for removable calks. The lettersI) and c 0 denote these removable calks in the finished shoe, the letterb the calk at the toe or front, and c c the two calks at the rear orheel. The letter (Z denotes the body of the shoe; 0 c, raised parts,forming between them a socket for calk b and f f denote raised parts,formin g between them sockets for the calks c c. The calks are held toplace by pins 9. In the die a the letter h denotes the matrix, whichgives shape to the main body of the shoe, the letters ii thecrease-formers, and the letters j j the depressions, each pair separatedby a bridge, k, which gives form to the raised parts 6 and f. The upperdie, 1), maybe worked in a drop, a press, or other apparatus fitted togive the proper motion and sutficient power. This die has the beveledprojection m to give the beveled depression n to the upper or back sideof the shoe, this projection ending with an abrupt shoulder, m, on theline where the bevel n ends.

I claim as my invention- The hereinbefore-described dies for forminghorseshoes, consisting of the lower die, a, having the body-shapingmatrix h, the creaseformers 'i i, and the bridges k and depressions j,for forming the heel and toe ealk sockets, and the upper die, I, havingthe beveled projection m, ending in an abrupt shoulder, m, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. BRYDEN.

Witnesses:

WM. E. SIMONDS, Rom. F. GAYLORD.

